Charter school closes the gap
To do well at at Amistad Academy — where students clad in navy and khaki uniforms walk in single file, college pennants hang in rows above lockers, and the hallways abound with inspirational slogans reading “whatever it takes” and “success starts here and now” — you must learn to “sweat the small stuff.”
The message is one of many at the core of the school’s meticulous, structured approach to discipline and academic success, an approach which some doubt can be translated as effectively to New Haven’s bigger public schools, given their financial and personnel...
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